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Report: More Than 800 New Mining Claims Crowd Border of Grand Canyon National Park: Related News Clip Content

• Uranium Rush
  Down to Earth | July 7, 2008
• Mines Staking A Claim
  Denver Post | April 11, 2008
• Environmentalists fear impact as US goes for gold
  Financial Times | March 29, 2008
• Coalition Calls For New Mining Laws
  Missoulian | March 27, 2008
• Feinstein Bill Could Bolster Activist Push On Mining Cleanup Fund
  Superfund Report | March 24, 2008
• 136 Years Later, Mine Law May Get Update
  Denver Post | March 19, 2008
• Interest Across the Rogue Valley Has Increased, But It's best to Know What You're Doing Before You Start
  Mail Tribune | March 16, 2008
• Mining Claims On The Rise; Congress Must Fix 1872 Law to Protect
  The Register-Guard | March 16, 2008
• Mineral Claims Pressing Close to Towns
  Deseret News | March 15, 2008
• EDITORIAL This isn't your father's gold rush The West is a different place than it was when the General Mining Act of 1872 was c
  Denver Post | March 15, 2008
• A Growing Interest In Mining Prompts Calls For Clean Up
  California Public Radio | March 13, 2008
• $250 Million for "Worst Environmental Disaster in U.S. History"
  Sightline Daily | March 12, 2008
• An Ugly Prospect
  Grist | March 12, 2008
• From Bad To Worse
  Texas Observer | March 7, 2008
• Congress Shouldn't Cave on Protecting Roan Plateau
  Denver Post | March 3, 2008
• Mining Reform Is A N.H. Issue Too
  New Hamshire Business Review | February 29, 2008
• Report: Abandoned Mines Pose Safety Risk
  redOrbit | February 14, 2008
• Groups Ask Forest Service To Drop Approval Of Uranium Exploration Near Grand Canyon
  Land Letter | February 14, 2008
• Community Commentary: New Hampshire Has A Stake In Mining Legislation
  Pew Environment Group | February 9, 2008
• Endangered Treasure?
  Gallup Independent | January 23, 2008
• Former Rep. Williams, Stakeholders Urge Baucus, Tester To Pass Mining Reform Bill
  Pew | January 15, 2008
• New Mexico Mining Claims Jump 50 Percent Since 2003
  States News Service | January 10, 2008
• Your Stuff: If It Isn't Grown, It Must Be Mined
  WorldChanging.com | December 25, 2007
• 1872 Mining Law Reforms Heading to the Senate
  NPR | November 21, 2007
• Time To Reform Our 135-Year-Old Mining Law
  Loveland Reporter Herald | November 14, 2007
• No More Giveaways
  Arizona Republic | November 12, 2007
• Mining Law Overhaul Has Prospects
  Los Angeles Times | November 2, 2007
• New Mine Royalties Get Nod
  Denver Post | November 2, 2007
• KQED Radio: Mining California
  KQED | October 24, 2007
• Growth In Mining Claims Stirs Debate
  The Union Democrat | October 19, 2007
• LA Times: Mining Claims Near Wilderness Areas In State Seen As Threat
  The Los Angeles Times | October 16, 2007
• Environmental Group Seeks To Limit Mining Near Protected Lands
  Press Enterprise | October 15, 2007
• The Coloradoan: Hard-Rock Mining Boom Compels Reform
  The Coloradoan | October 12, 2007
• Time For GOP To Take Stock Of Environment
  The Politico | September 11, 2007
• Mining Threatens Parks
  The Register-Guard (Eugene, Or) | September 5, 2007
• National park spruce-up
  Scripps News | September 5, 2007
• Mine Claims Run Amok; Time to Reform 1872 Law
  Santa Fee New Mexican | August 29, 2007
• Unchanged (for the Worse) Since 1872
  New York Times | August 20, 2007
• Miners Stake Claims To Land Near Parks
  Contra Costa Times | August 18, 2007
• Rush For State Mining Rights
  Colorado Springs Gazette | August 17, 2007
• Miners Staking Claims On Public Land Surrounding National Park
  Merced Sun Star | August 17, 2007
• Modern-Day Gold Rush Threatens Grand Canyon
  NewScientist.com | August 17, 2007
• Metals Mining Claims Increase In West
  Tucson Citizen | August 17, 2007
• Uranium Boosts Mining Claims Increase
  Associated Press (+100 Outlets) | August 16, 2007
• MINING: Citing Threats To Parks, Groups Urge Revisions To 1872 Law
  Greenwire | August 16, 2007